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30 sats \ 3 replies \ @Undisciplined 19 May \ parent \ on: How U.S. oil production reached an all-time high in 2023 econ
Is it worse than coal mining?
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31 sats \ 2 replies \ @Satosora 19 May
I dont know for sure. But it isnt good for the environment. Especially for the people that live near them.
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30 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined 19 May
I think a lot of that is environmentalist propaganda, but I'm certainly open to being wrong on this.
The reason I ask about the comparison to coal is that fracking made natural gas and oil so cheap that a lot of coal production stopped being economical. For the same reasons, it reduced the amount being produced in countries with worse environmental standards than the US.
It's hard to say what the net environmental impact is.
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Satosora 19 May
You win some, you lose some.
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